Cooking utensil.



H. FREEoN.

COOKING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I9. I9I8.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

nulli/WW' HENRY FBEEON, E' CSMAIA, CALIFORNIA..

COOKHQ'G UTENSIL.

Lacasse.

To all whom t ma concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY FREEQN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Casmalia, in the county of Santa Barbara and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Cooking Utensil, of which thefollowing is a specification.

An object of this invention is to provide a cooking utensil which can beused in several diderent ways, as a roaster, an oven and also as fryingpans.

Another object is to make provision for hxleating the top of the utensilwhen thefutens1 1s camp re or ordinary stove burner.

@ther objects and advantages-will appear in the subjoined detaildescription.

rlhe accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 isa sectional elevation of a cookinutensil embodying theinvention.

ig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of theY upper section.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of one of the intermediate sections.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the lower section.

rlhere are provided a `truste-conical pan l having a handle 2, and atruste-conical pan 3 having a handle 4. rThe pan 1 is provided with atongue 5 adapted to detachably engage an eye 6 of the pan 3 when thepans are closed together with their larger diameters in engagement withone another, as in llig. l. The pans 1, 3 are readily held in closedposition by a ring 7 which is slipped over the handles 2, fi. The handle2 is shorter than the handle fl so .that the ring can be slipped ed ofthe handle 2 while re-. maining on the handle 1l. lhe handle 4 isprovided at its outer end with a knob or head 8 which is larger than theinside diameter of the ring so that the ring cannot slip ed of thehandle e.

From the foregoing it is seen that when one of the pans is inverted overthe other pan, as in Fig. l, the pans together `form a closed containerin which may be placed the food to be cooked. The pans 'torni theintermediate sections of the utensil.

a lrusto-conical hollow base member 9, the bottom 10 of which is spaced"from the bottom 11 of the pan 3 so as to form an air space 12. Thuswhen the cooking utensil is placed on a dame the air space 12 preventsSpecification of Letters Patent.

laced over an open tire such as a lThe pan 3 is adapted to be telescopedwith` Patenten nav. i2, tere.

Application filed January 19, 1918. Serial No. 212,590.

or at least minimizes the tendency of burning of the food bein cooked.The base member 9- forms the dower section of the utensil.

The pan 1 is adapted to telescope with a fire pot 13. The fire pot 13has a frustoconical portion 14 and a frusto-conical portion l5, thesmaller diameters being at the middle portion of the re pot and thelarger diameters at the ends. At the smaller diaml eters of the fire potis a partition 16 forming a fuel support which is spaced from the bottom17 of the pan 1 so as to form an air space 18 which functions the sameas the air space 12; Any suitable :fuel 19 may be placed in the lire pot13 so as to cause heat ing of the bottom 17 of the pan 1. The fire pot13 forms the upper section or the utensil.

From the foregoing it is clear that the pans 1, 3 may be used in therelative ositions shown in Fig. 1 or may be reverse and it is also clearthat the lire pot 13 may be used in the position shown or may also bereversed since both ends thereof are alike.

The pans l, 3 may be used separately from the other sections and when itis desired to cook food in them they aroused the same as an' ordinarypan or skillet to boil or fry food. l

'When it is desired to roast or bake food, the food will be placed inone of the pans and the pans Will be closed together as above describedand the ire pot will be mounted on the uppermost pan and the lower panwill be set into the base member, all as clearly shown in Fig. l.

rlhe fuel 19 will be placed in the ire pot and the utensil will beplaced over a llame so as to heat the base member and through it thebottom 11 of' the lowermost pan. When the sections are all assembled theutensil resembles in some respects a Dutch oven. l

l claim:

1. A cooking utensil comprising rustoconical pans detachably lfastenedto one another, a irusto-conical iire pot telescoped with one of thepans. and a frusto-conical base member telescoped with the other pan.

Q. A cooking utensil comprising :trusteconical pans. means fordetachably holding` said pans with their larger diameters in engagementwith one another, a hollow base member telescoped onto one of the pansand having its bottom spaced from the bottom of said pan, and a re pottelescoped onto the other an andl having a partition spaced from thebottom of said other pan.

3. A cooking utensil comprising two pans, means to detachably hold thepans together in superposed position to form a closed container, and a`fire pot detachably mounted upon the bottom of the uppermost pan.

4. A cooking utensil comprising two pans, means to detachably hold thepans together in superposed position to form a closed container forfood, and a iire pot detachabl)7 mounted upon the bottomro the uppermostpan, the lire pot having a fuel-supporting member spaced from the bottomof the associated pan when the re pot and said pan are assembled. A

5. A cooking utensil com rising two pans,

means to detachably hold t e pans together to form a closed containerfor food, a fuelsupporting member detachably mounted on one of the pansand spaced from the bottom thereof to form an air space,and a hollowbase member detachably engaging the other pan and havin its bottomspaced from the bottom of sald pan to form an air space.

6. A cooking utensil comprising frustoconical pans detachably fastenedto one another in superposed relation, and a frustoconical ire pottelescoped with the uppermost pan.

7. A cooking utensil comprising frustoconical pans detachably fastenedto one another in superposed relation, and a frustoconical base membertelescoped with the under pan. Y

Signed at Santa'V Maria, Cal., this 9th day of January, 1918.

HENRY FREEON. Witnesses CHARLES T. ABEILAMS, WARREN M. MCNEIL.

